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HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]We are ending up in a mission creep by introducing new offences for individuals—we will talk about ticketing later on. I realise I have a minority view, but I want to express it,…22 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 31. I wish to associate myself with the words of my noble friend Lord Moynihan. This is an unnecessary provision in the wrong Bill. At…22 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak briefly to my Amendment 56 in the group. The Bill unashamedly tries to snare and capture the large global events that can make a national impact in our…22 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My Lords, the premise behind this Bill is that we need to help the organisers of the really big events put on a really good show and ensure that the country itself sweeps away…22 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]My noble friend has painted a picture and enumerated it with examples of sports stadiums. Under the Bill, there is to be a zone cast around the stadium where trading will be…22 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]I thank the noble Baroness for her comments—I will consider them carefully. Perhaps we could have a meeting between now and Report. All I would say is that I do not think things…17 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]My Lords, I am very disappointed that a Bill that purports to protect the supply of new affordable homes fails to consider the texture of protecting certain types of homes,…17 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]17 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]17 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for drawing my attention to the guidance published on 9 June. I was not aware of it, and I will look at it closely. However, the title was…17 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]My Lords, I support my noble friend Lord Young-of Cookham, and also the sense behind Amendments 105 and 106. There is an asymmetry between the risk and the reward involved in…17 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]As part of my ward work last month, I was surprised that a home in Brooke, in my ward where I live, under the Victory Housing banner, is actually owned by part of a much larger…17 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]My Lords, I rise to speak in support of my noble friend Lady Coffey and to make the simple point that while the Government seem to be trying to reduce right to buy’s ability to…15 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]My Lords, I will speak to my Amendment 52. Before I do so, however, I am sure my noble friend Lord Jamieson misspoke when he referred to Amendment 34, which is actually in the…15 Jun 2026HANSARDSocial Housing Bill [HL]My Lords, before I speak to my Amendment 19, I would like to support my noble friend Lord Jamieson in his promotion of Amendment 25 in respect of rural areas. I have been in…15 Jun 2026HANSARDRural EconomyMy Lords, I spent yesterday standing in a field in that new spiritual home of British agriculture, Diddly Squat Farm in Oxfordshire, for the cereals trade show. Nearly 20,000…11 Jun 2026HANSARDRural EconomyThat this House takes note of the Government’s record on the rural economy.11 Jun 2026HANSARDRural EconomyMy Lords, it has been an interesting debate and I am grateful to all noble Lords who have contributed. It was a good job that the speaking allocation was increased by 25%, because…11 Jun 2026HANSARDThe Building Safety Regulator: Building a Better Regulator (Industry and Regulators Committee Report)My Lords, it is an honour to follow the noble Lord, Lord Roe of West Wickham, whom we know has unparalleled expertise of not just the regulator but the service, in defence of…08 Jun 2026HANSARDSporting Events Bill [HL]Will the noble Baroness give way? Do I understand that she is advocating, for the events that would fall within the ambit of this Bill, the prevention of strike action? It would…03 Jun 2026